How can I cultivate a love of writing through daily practice of spelling, grammar, and personal style, and periodic writing genre projects?

Why Take This Course?

In Writing 7 B, delve into epic poems and mysteries!

In 7th grade writing, students develop a unique, confident, and appropriate writing voice. By engaging in writing activities daily, students advance their sentence structure, vocabulary, and organizational skills, all while nurturing a love for writing. Students complete creative writing prompts, spelling quizzes, grammar and punctuation activities, and larger genre projects that build their writing confidence. Ultimately, students who complete this Middle School Writing course are prepared to advance to thesis-driven essays in the next school year. While the skills mastered are carefully outlined in the course make-up, students naturally learn through fun, project-based writing activities that require them to apply their new knowledge. Students in this course increase their confidence in their command of the English language and their ability to articulate more sophisticated ideas in writing.

Course Framework

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

What is Poetry?

Genre Project: Epic Poem

What is Explanatory Writing?

Genre Project: Cause and Effect paper

What is Narrative Writing?

Genre Project: Memoir

What is Research Writing?

Genre Project: Solve a Mystery

What is the power of language and how can I use it through writing?

What is explanatory writing and how is it used in real-world situations?

What is narrative writing and how have I seen it used to enrich my life?

What is research based writing and how it is used in real-world situations?

What are some examples of epic poetry?

How can I use writing to explore cause and effect?

How can I use narrative writing to tell a story?

How do I research a topic through examining and evaluating various perspectives?

How can I use figurative language like imagery, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and personification to enhance by poetry?

What is the writing process and how can I use it to help my writing?

What is the writing process and how can I use it to help my writing?

What is the writing process and how can I use it to help my writing?

How can I use rhyme and meter in my poetry?

How can I organize ideas, concepts, and information when writing to explain?

How can I use relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events?

How can I use writing to express information I have researched?

How can I use poetry to create a story?

How can I use facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information to develop my topic?

How can the memoir genre help I to reflect on and reach conclusions about my experiences?

How can I write using logical reasoning and evidence to prove something?

What new spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills can I incorporate into my writing?

What words, phrases, and clauses can I use to clarify my explanations?

What transition words, phrases, and clauses can I use to navigate readers through my story?

What words, phrases, and clauses can I use to establish authority with and convey new information to my audience?

What new spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills can I incorporate into my writing?

What new spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills can I incorporate into my writing?

What new spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills can I incorporate into my writing?

Texts and Materials Students Must Purchase

Author

Title

Don and Jenny Killgallon

Grammar for Middle School

Details

Recommended Grade:7th

Prerequisites:None

Versions & Estimated Weekly Hours: 2

Format: Self Paced

Credits: 0.5

The Writing 7 self-paced course caters to writers who are comfortable writing and generally follow basic grammar rules. This course focuses on structure, grammar, style and vocabulary, and students will write across a variety of genres. Weekly video instruction and detailed writing feedback will help students identify their writing strengths and weaknesses, and prepare for higher level writing as students practice sharing more complex thoughts and gain experience using a greater variety of writing tools.

As with the Writing 6 course, students should plan to write daily (5-days a week) for 15-20 minutes each day to complete the course homework. Daily writing improves writing fluency and confidence and allows for prompt feedback helping students stay motivated and focused and to maximize learning.